To the Queen's Taste
by Queen, Ellery
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($3.00), rubbed at the edges with some creases and small chips of loss. Black buckram with red ink panels on the spine and front panel. Square and firmly bound, gift inscription on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. A supplemental volume to Queen's 101 Years' Entertainment. This book collects thirty-six stories from Ellery Queen's magazine, including ones by James M. Cain, Dashiell Hammett, T.S. Stribling, and others.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2895
- Title
- To the Queen's Taste
- Author
- Queen, Ellery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1946
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Buckram
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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